Eccl 7:28 which my soul still seeketh, but I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found. Eccl 7:29 Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions. Eccl 8:1 Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed. Eccl 8:2 I counsel thee, Keep the king’s command, and that in regard of the oath of God. Eccl 8:3 Be not hasty to go out of his presence; persist not in an evil thing: for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him. Eccl 8:4 For the king’s word hath power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou? Eccl 8:5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall know no evil thing; and a wise man’s heart discerneth time and judgment: Eccl 8:6 for to every purpose there is a time and judgment; because the misery of man is great upon him: Eccl 8:7 for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be? Eccl 8:8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in war: neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it.
Eccl 8:9 All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man hath power over another to his hurt. Eccl 8:10 So I saw the wicked buried, and they came to the grave; and they that had done right went away from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city: this also is vanity. Eccl 8:11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. Eccl 8:12 Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and prolong his days, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, that fear before him: Eccl 8:13 but it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God. Eccl 8:14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth, that there are righteous men unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.
Eccl 8:15 Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that shall abide with him in his labor all the days of his life which God hath given him under the sun. Eccl 8:16 When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes), Eccl 8:17 then I beheld all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however much a man labor to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea moreover, though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it. Eccl 9:1 For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them. Eccl 9:2 All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth and to him that sacrificeth not; as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
Eccl 9:3 This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead. Eccl 9:4 For to him that is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion. Eccl 9:5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. Eccl 9:6 As well their love, as their hatred and their envy, is perished long ago; neither have they any more a portion for ever in anything that is done under the sun. Eccl 9:7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works. Eccl 9:8 Let thy garments be always white; and let not thy head lack oil. Eccl 9:9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of thy life of vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all thy days of vanity: for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labor wherein thou laborest under the sun.
Eccl 9:10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest. Eccl 9:11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. Eccl 9:12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them. Eccl 9:13 I have also seen wisdom under the sun on this wise, and it seemed great unto me: Eccl 9:14 There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it. Eccl 9:15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. Eccl 9:16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. Eccl 9:17 The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
Eccl 9:18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroyeth much good. Eccl 10:1 Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; so doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor. Eccl 10:2 A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left. Eccl 10:3 Yea also, when the fool walketh by the way, his understanding faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool. Eccl 10:4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for gentleness allayeth great offences. Eccl 10:5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error which proceedeth from the ruler: Eccl 10:6 folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place. Eccl 10:7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking like servants upon the earth. Eccl 10:8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a wall, a serpent shall bite him. Eccl 10:9 Whoso heweth out stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood is endangered thereby. Eccl 10:10 If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
Eccl 10:11 If the serpent bite before it is charmed, then is there no advantage in the charmer. Eccl 10:12 The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. Eccl 10:13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. Eccl 10:14 A fool also multiplieth words: yet man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him? Eccl 10:15 The labor of fools wearieth every one of them; for he knoweth not how to go to the city. Eccl 10:16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! Eccl 10:17 Happy art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness! Eccl 10:18 By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh. Eccl 10:19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh glad the life; and money answereth all things. Eccl 10:20 Revile not the king, no, not in thy thought; and revile not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the heavens shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
Eccl 11:1 Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days. Eccl 11:2 Give a portion to seven, yea, even unto eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. Eccl 11:3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there shall it be. Eccl 11:4 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. Eccl 11:5 As thou knowest not what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child; even so thou knowest not the work of God who doeth all. Eccl 11:6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good. Eccl 11:7 Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun. Eccl 11:8 Yea, if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
Eccl 11:9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. Eccl 11:10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity. Eccl 12:1 Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; Eccl 12:2 before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain; Eccl 12:3 in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows shall be darkened, Eccl 12:4 and the doors shall be shut in the street; when the sound of the grinding is low, and one shall rise up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low; Eccl 12:5 yea, they shall be afraid of that which is high, and terrors shall be in the way; and the almond-tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets: Eccl 12:6 before the silver cord is loosed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern, Eccl 12:7 and the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it. Eccl 12:8 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity. Eccl 12:9 And further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he pondered, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs. Eccl 12:10 The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written uprightly, even words of truth. Eccl 12:11 The words of the wise are as goads; and as nails well fastened are the words of the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd. Eccl 12:12 And furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. Eccl 12:13 This is the end of the matter; all hath been heard: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.
Eccl 12:14 For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
============================================================ Song of Solomon ============================================================ Song 1:1 The Song of songs, which is Solomon’s. Song 1:2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; For thy love is better than wine. Song 1:3 Thine oils have a goodly fragrance; Thy name is as oil poured forth; Therefore do the virgins love thee. Song 1:4 Draw me; we will run after thee: The king hath brought me into his chambers; We will be glad and rejoice in thee; We will make mention of thy love more than of wine: Rightly do they love thee. Song 1:5 I am black, but comely, Oh ye daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, As the curtains of Solomon. Song 1:6 Look not upon me, because I am swarthy, Because the sun hath scorched me. My mother’s sons were incensed against me; They made me keeper of the vineyards; But mine own vineyard have I not kept. Song 1:7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, Where thou feedest thy flock, Where thou makest it to rest at noon: For why should I be as one that is veiled Beside the flocks of thy companions? Song 1:8 If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, Go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, And feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents. Song 1:9 I have compared thee, O my love, To a steed in Pharaoh’s chariots. Song 1:10 Thy cheeks are comely with plaits of hair, Thy neck with strings of jewels. Song 1:11 We will make thee plaits of gold With studs of silver. Song 1:12 While the king sat at his table, My spikenard sent forth its fragrance.
Song 1:13 My beloved is unto me as a bundle of myrrh, That lieth betwixt my breasts. Song 1:14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of henna-flowers In the vineyards of En-gedi. Song 1:15 Behold, thou art fair, my love; Behold thou art fair; Thine eyes are as doves. Song 1:16 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: Also our couch is green. Song 1:17 The beams of our house are cedars, And our rafters are firs. Song 2:1 I am a rose of Sharon, A lily of the valleys. Song 2:2 As a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters. Song 2:3 As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, So is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, And his fruit was sweet to my taste. Song 2:4 He brought me to the banqueting-house, And his banner over me was love. Song 2:5 Stay ye me with raisins, refresh me with apples; For I am sick from love. Song 2:6 His left hand is under my head, And his right hand doth embrace me. Song 2:7 I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please. Song 2:8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh, Leaping upon the mountains, Skipping upon the hills.
Song 2:9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: Behold, he standeth behind our wall; He looketh in at the windows; He glanceth through the lattice. Song 2:10 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. Song 2:11 For, lo, the winter is past; The rain is over and gone; Song 2:12 The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land; Song 2:13 The fig-tree ripeneth her green figs, And the vines are in blossom; They give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. Song 2:14 O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, In the covert of the steep place, Let me see thy countenance, Let me hear thy voice; For sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely. Song 2:15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, That spoil the vineyards; For our vineyards are in blossom. Song 2:16 My beloved is mine, and I am his: He feedeth his flock among the lilies. Song 2:17 Until the day be cool, and the shadows flee away, Turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart Upon the mountains of Bether. Song 3:1 By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
Song 3:2 I said, I will rise now, and go about the city; In the streets and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. Song 3:3 The watchmen that go about the city found me; To whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? Song 3:4 It was but a little that I passed from them, When I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, Until I had brought him into my mother’s house, And into the chamber of her that conceived me. Song 3:5 I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please. Song 3:6 Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness Like pillars of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all powders of the merchant? Song 3:7 Behold, it is the litter of Solomon; Threescore mighty men are about it, Of the mighty men of Israel. Song 3:8 They all handle the sword, and are expert in war: Every man hath his sword upon his thigh, Because of fear in the night. Song 3:9 King Solomon made himself a palanquin Of the wood of Lebanon.
Song 3:10 He made the pillars thereof of silver, The bottom thereof of gold, the seat of it of purple, The midst thereof being paved with love, From the daughters of Jerusalem. Song 3:11 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon, With the crown wherewith his mother hath crowned him In the day of his espousals, And in the day of the gladness of his heart. Song 4:1 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are as doves behind thy veil. Thy hair is as a flock of goats, That lie along the side of mount Gilead. Song 4:2 Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes that are newly shorn, Which are come up from the washing, Whereof every one hath twins, And none is bereaved among them. Song 4:3 Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, And thy mouth is comely. Thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate Behind thy veil. Song 4:4 Thy neck is like the tower of David Builded for an armory, Whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, All the shields of the mighty men. Song 4:5 Thy two breasts are like two fawns That are twins of a roe, Which feed among the lilies. Song 4:6 Until the day be cool, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, And to the hill of frankincense. Song 4:7 Thou art all fair, my love; And there is no spot in thee.
Song 4:8 Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, With me from Lebanon: Look from the top of Amana, From the top of Senir and Hermon, From the lions’ dens, From the mountains of the leopards. Song 4:9 Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my bride; Thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, With one chain of thy neck. Song 4:10 How fair is thy love, my sister, my bride! How much better is thy love than wine! And the fragrance of thine oils than all manner of spices! Song 4:11 Thy lips, O my bride, drop as the honeycomb: Honey and milk are under thy tongue; And the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon. Song 4:12 A garden shut up is my sister, my bride; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed. Song 4:13 Thy shoots are an orchard of pomegranates, with precious fruits; Henna with spikenard plants, Song 4:14 Spikenard and saffron, Calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; Myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices. Song 4:15 Thou art a fountain of gardens, A well of living waters, And flowing streams from Lebanon.
Song 4:16 Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; Blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, And eat his precious fruits. Song 5:1 I am come into my garden, my sister, my bride: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends; Drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved. Song 5:2 I was asleep, but my heart waked: It is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; For my head is filled with dew, My locks with the drops of the night. Song 5:3 I have put off my garment; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them? Song 5:4 My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, And my heart was moved for him. Song 5:5 I rose up to open to my beloved; And my hands dropped with myrrh, And my fingers with liquid myrrh, Upon the handles of the bolt. Song 5:6 I opened to my beloved; But my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone. My soul had failed me when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
Song 5:7 The watchmen that go about the city found me, They smote me, they wounded me; The keepers of the walls took away my mantle from me. Song 5:8 I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved, That ye tell him, that I am sick from love. Song 5:9 What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? What is thy beloved more than another beloved, That thou dost so adjure us? Song 5:10 My beloved is white and ruddy, The chiefest among ten thousand. Song 5:11 His head is as the most fine gold; His locks are bushy, and black as a raven. Song 5:12 His eyes are like doves beside the water-brooks, Washed with milk, and fitly set. Song 5:13 His cheeks are as a bed of spices, As banks of sweet herbs: His lips are as lilies, dropping liquid myrrh. Song 5:14 His hands are as rings of gold set with beryl: His body is as ivory work overlaid with sapphires. Song 5:15 His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: His aspect is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars. Song 5:16 His mouth is most sweet; Yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem. Song 6:1 Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? Whither hath thy beloved turned him, That we may seek him with thee?
Song 6:2 My beloved is gone down to his garden, To the beds of spices, To feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies. Song 6:3 I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: He feedeth his flock among the lilies. Song 6:4 Thou art fair, O my love, as Tirzah, Comely as Jerusalem, Terrible as an army with banners. Song 6:5 Turn away thine eyes from me, For they have overcome me. Thy hair is as a flock of goats, That lie along the side of Gilead. Song 6:6 Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes, Which are come up from the washing; Whereof every one hath twins, And none is bereaved among them. Song 6:7 Thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate Behind thy veil. Song 6:8 There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, And virgins without number. Song 6:9 My dove, my undefiled, is but one; She is the only one of her mother; She is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and called her blessed; Yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her. Song 6:10 Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, Fair as the moon, Clear as the sun, Terrible as an army with banners?
Song 6:11 I went down into the garden of nuts, To see the green plants of the valley, To see whether the vine budded, And the pomegranates were in flower. Song 6:12 Before I was aware, my soul set me Among the chariots of my princely people. Song 6:13 Return, return, O Shulammite; Return, return, that we may look upon thee. Why will ye look upon the Shulammite, As upon the dance of Mahanaim? Song 7:1 How beautiful are thy feet in sandals, O prince’s daughter! Thy rounded thighs are like jewels, The work of the hands of a skilful workman. Song 7:2 Thy body is like a round goblet, Wherein no mingled wine is wanting: Thy waist is like a heap of wheat Set about with lilies. Song 7:3 Thy two breasts are like two fawns That are twins of a roe. Song 7:4 Thy neck is like the tower of ivory; Thine eyes as the pools in Heshbon, By the gate of Bath-rabbim; Thy nose is like the tower of Lebanon Which looketh toward Damascus. Song 7:5 Thy head upon thee is like Carmel, And the hair of thy head like purple; The king is held captive in the tresses thereof. Song 7:6 How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights! Song 7:7 This thy stature is like to a palm-tree, And thy breasts to its clusters.
Song 7:8 I said, I will climb up into the palm-tree, I will take hold of the branches thereof: Let thy breasts be as clusters of the vine, And the smell of thy breath like apples, Song 7:9 And thy mouth like the best wine, That goeth down smoothly for my beloved, Gliding through the lips of those that are asleep. Song 7:10 I am my beloved’s; And his desire is toward me. Song 7:11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; Let us lodge in the villages. Song 7:12 Let us get up early to the vineyards; Let us see whether the vine hath budded, And its blossom is open, And the pomegranates are in flower: There will I give thee my love. Song 7:13 The mandrakes give forth fragrance; And at our doors are all manner of precious fruits, new and old, Which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved. Song 8:1 Oh that thou wert as my brother, That sucked the breasts of my mother! When I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; Yea, and none would despise me. Song 8:2 I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother’s house, Who would instruct me; I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine, Of the juice of my pomegranate. Song 8:3 His left hand should be under my head, And his right hand should embrace me.
Song 8:4 I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please. Song 8:5 Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, Leaning upon her beloved? Under the apple-tree I awakened thee: There thy mother was in travail with thee, There was she in travail that brought thee forth. Song 8:6 Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol; The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, A very flame of Jehovah. Song 8:7 Many waters cannot quench love, Neither can floods drown it: If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, He would utterly be contemned. Song 8:8 We have a little sister, And she hath no breasts: What shall we do for our sister In the day when she shall be spoken for? Song 8:9 If she be a wall, We will build upon her a turret of silver: And if she be a door, We will inclose her with boards of cedar. Song 8:10 I am a wall, and my breasts like the towers thereof Then was I in his eyes as one that found peace. Song 8:11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; He let out the vineyard unto keepers; Every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.
Song 8:12 My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: Thou, O Solomon, shalt have the thousand, And those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred. Song 8:13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens, The companions hearken for thy voice: Cause me to hear it. Song 8:14 Make haste, my beloved, And be thou like to a roe or to a young hart Upon the mountains of spices.
Isa 1:1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. Isa 1:2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for Jehovah hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. Isa 1:3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib; but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. Isa 1:4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, children that deal corruptly! they have forsaken Jehovah, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are estranged and gone backward. Isa 1:5 Why will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt more and more? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. Isa 1:6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and fresh stripes: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with oil. Isa 1:7 Your country is desolate; your cities are burned with fire; your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers. Isa 1:8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city. Isa 1:9 Except Jehovah of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
Isa 1:10 Hear the word of Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. Isa 1:11 What unto me is the multitude of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah: I have had enough of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats. Isa 1:12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to trample my courts? Isa 1:13 Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; new moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies,—I cannot away with iniquity and the solemn meeting. Isa 1:14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth; they are a trouble unto me; I am weary of bearing them. Isa 1:15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. Isa 1:16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; Isa 1:17 learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Isa 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. Isa 1:19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: Isa 1:20 but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it. Isa 1:21 How is the faithful city become a harlot! she that was full of justice! righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers. Isa 1:22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water. Isa 1:23 Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth bribes, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them. Isa 1:24 Therefore saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies; Isa 1:25 and I will turn my hand upon thee, and thoroughly purge away thy dross, and will take away all thy tin; Isa 1:26 and I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called The city of righteousness, a faithful town. Isa 1:27 Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her converts with righteousness.
Isa 1:28 But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together, and they that forsake Jehovah shall be consumed. Isa 1:29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen. Isa 1:30 For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water. Isa 1:31 And the strong shall be as tow, and his work as a spark; and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them. Isa 2:1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. Isa 2:2 And it shall come to pass in the latter days, that the mountain of Jehovah’s house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. Isa 2:3 And many peoples shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem.